Chapter 80: Initial Recovery from a Serious Illness
In the following days, everyone who took turns to take care of Li Yanzhao did their best to take care of Li Yanzhao, who was still unconscious, in accordance with Wang Langzhong's instructions.
Fortunately, Li Yanzhao is still a hard fortune teller, and the wound is gradually healing at a speed visible to the naked eye under the magic prescription prescribed by Wang Langzhong. The originally high body temperature gradually fell back to normal under the careful care of everyone.
However, three days have passed, and the second group of cavalry guards who crossed the river have not returned. This news reached the desk of the Qianren Governor of the Guangwu Army, which made the veteran general feel deeply uneasy.
After repeated considerations, Du Jie still ordered and sent a third group of detectives. The third group of detectives was led by the Lin team of the cavalry department, and another cavalry accompanied them. Continue to carry out the surveillance and reconnaissance of Chen An's department.
Since the cavalry of the second group of sentinels had not yet returned, Du Jie, the commander of the thousand people who felt a strong uneasiness in his heart, ordered Sun Jianxiong, the commander of the shooting battalion, to lead two soldiers, that is, 200 men, to leave the camp and go out to the north bank of the Yellow River, and set up a temporary camp, thinking that the sentinels would respond.
On the day after the second group of sentinels left the camp, Li Yanzhao, who had been in a coma for a long time, finally woke up.
When he woke up, his first feeling was an empty stomach. After all, after being in a coma for many days, it can almost be said that except for the medicine, the grain of rice has not entered. In such a situation, it is impossible for him not to feel hungry. Li Yanzhao sat up carefully, but the movement was too big, and it still affected the wound on his right arm that had not yet fully healed, and he couldn't help but grin and feel pain.
At this time, it was Cao Jian who stayed in the tent to take care of him. Maybe the injury is relatively light, Cao Jian's injury has basically healed in recent days. Seeing that Li Yanzhao woke up, he hurriedly sat up, but unexpectedly sleepiness hit, and yawned uncontrollably.
Seeing this, Li Yanzhao knew that these subordinates must have taken turns to take care of him during his coma, and he couldn't help but feel a burst of warmth in his heart. Just as he was about to say a word of comfort to Cao Jian, he called him to rest, but his belly gurgled for a while.
Li Yanzhao looked up at Cao Jian, looking a little embarrassed. Seeing this, Cao Jian laughed, and said that Li Yanzhao was hungry, so he went to the side to get the dishes and chopsticks, and went to the room to find some food for Li Yanzhao.
A quarter of an hour later, Cao Jian returned to the tent with a bowl of gruel and two steamed buns in his arms. Li Yanzhao sat up, and when he saw that food was coming, his eyes couldn't help but shine. Cao Jianwu sighed for a while.
Cao Jian moved a vacant table and placed it in front of Li Yanzhao's bed. Li Yanzhao picked up the bowl of gruel on the table and took a big sip, and after drinking it, Fang Jue burned his mouth and kept sucking. to cool the mouth that has been scalded by gruel.
Accepting the lesson of being burned, Li Yanzhao then began to chew and swallow slowly. Cao Jian brought the two steamed buns, he just broke a small piece and ate it slowly, and then concentrated on drinking the porridge.
After drinking the porridge, the steamed buns are also put aside and do not move their mouths. Seeing Cao Jian's puzzled face. Li Yanzhao explained with a smile: "I haven't eaten for a long time, my stomach is empty, and this first meal should only eat some liquid food." If you eat too much, it will increase the burden on your stomach and intestines, which will not benefit you. ”
Cao Jian heard it and secretly remembered Li Yanzhao's words in his heart. After going to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, Li Yanzhao sat quietly for a while, and suddenly asked, "How many days have it been since returning to the camp?" ”
When Cao Jian heard Li Yanzhao's question, he also stopped cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks in his hand: "Since returning to the camp, it is the fourth day." ”
"Four days ......" Li Yanzhao lowered his head and groaned, and then continued to ask: "I'll wait for the detective, can there be a result?" Follow-up detectives, can there be a return? ”
"We waited for the results of the last investigation, and Liu Shichang had made a rough map of the Qiang company camp and presented it to the case of the thousand-person superintendent. The follow-up detective was led by Team Chen, and there has been no reply so far. Not long after, the thousand-man governor ordered the Lin team to lead ten people to cross the river again to reconnoiter and ride. ”
When Li Yanzhao heard this, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Although Chen Quan lacks flexibility in encountering problems, he is by no means the kind of person who is outdated and does not report. Today is the fourth day, and even if he encounters an enemy situation and cannot withdraw it, he will not even send a messenger.
However, now that he is physically conditioned, he is not allowed to do everything himself. Since Chen Quan did not send anyone to return, the Governor of the Thousand People then sent Lin Chao to continue to investigate, and it was appropriate to wait for Lin Chao to return.
Li Yanzhao, who had just finished eating, felt a wave of sleepiness hit him again, so he waved his hand to Cao Jian, and Cao Jian packed up the dishes and chopsticks and retreated. Li Yanzhao, who was sleepy, fell on the couch again and fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning, on the north bank of the Yellow River.
Sun Jianxiong led more than 200 soldiers to wait in the makeshift camp. It is said that it is a camp, but some small ones have set up a low camp fence from the side, thinking that they are sheltered. There was not even a watchtower. It's just that the soldiers are sent to climb up to the top of an uncle's branch crown near the left, and look at the south bank, thinking that it is for the purpose of watchtower.
It was nearly noon, and the sun outside the tent was fierce. Although it was the first month of the year, the sunlight was already dazzling. Therefore, apart from the guards on duty, there are very few people who are willing to run out of the tent without anything. The military tent where these two hundred or so people temporarily lived seemed to be quiet at this time.
Yesterday, after the construction of the camp fence, there were also battalion sergeants who couldn't bear the loneliness and quietly threw dice in the tent. At this time, the New Year has not yet come out, and the soldiers are still playful. Seeing this, Sun Jianxiong severely reprimanded these soldiers and confiscated the gambling equipment as punishment.
Although the soldiers were slightly dissatisfied, they did not express any fierce expression. After all, in these extraordinary times, these people still have to take on the task of receiving the river crossing reconnaissance horse. So after Sun Jianxiong's reprimand, the soldiers also relented a lot.
So at this time, all the soldiers stayed in the camp bored. There was no military situation for a while, so I had to gossip in the tent to relieve my boredom.
While the soldiers were chatting happily in the tents, the bamboo whistle of the sentry warning was suddenly heard from the canopy of the large tree on the side of the camp, which had been temporarily used as a watchtower. The mournful whistle sounded again and again, which made the soldiers who were still in the camp at this time alert.
Sun Jianxiong had already drawn his sword in his hand, rushed out of the tent, and looked at the gesture of the sergeant on duty on the tree, and saw that about 200 paces away on the other side of the river, two horsemen were speeding towards the river beach.
Sun Jianxiong's heart tightened. Looking at the color of the two horses, they seem to be the cavalry under the Guangwu Army. At this time, he only faintly saw the two of them lying on horseback, galloping towards them. It is also unknown whether the two were injured.
"Set-Together!" With Sun Jianxiong's shout, the soldiers in each tent were neatly draped, holding bows and crossbows, running out of the tent with agile movements, and gathering neatly in the open space in front of Sun Jianxiong.
Sun Jianxiong pointed to the other side of the river: "The two horsemen who are running back over there, judging by the color of their clothes, are the robes of my Guangwu Army." Our duty is to receive them. Listen to my commands! ”
With Sun Jianxiong's order, his soldiers also stood up. All of them had serious eyes, but when they looked at the other side of the river, there was a hint of eagerness in their eyes.
Tian Junquan took a hundred people and walked dozens of steps upstream. Wu Sen took a hundred people and walked dozens of steps downstream. A certain battalion belongs to cross the river to answer! "The order is like a mountain, and all the generals are holding their fists to receive their orders.
This place happened to be a river bay, Sun Jianxiong ordered the two centennial commanders to go up and down for dozens of paces respectively, but the forces were staggered, and the two centuriens fired a volley on both sides of the corner of the river bay, which could carry out a covering blow to the pursuers who might appear behind the two cavalrymen.
Sun Jianxiong had already taken a few personal guards, got on a boat operated by his soldiers, and sailed straight to the opposite bank.
When the boat sailed to the center of the river, Sun Jianxiong could already see the faces of the two horsemen on the opposite bank. I saw that one of them had a long arrow tail stuck in his back, and he was lying on the back of the horse at the moment, so as not to fall off the horse with the help of his companions.
"The opposite shore is weak, please hurry!" Seeing this, Sun Jianxiong couldn't help urging the oars to be pawned.